Legal Opinion
The Lucia
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided March 25, 1915PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Admiralty. Suit for salvage by Charles R. Weibe, master of the tug Coney, against the Austrian steamship Rucia.
1Opinion of the Court
CAFF, District Judge.
In this cause Charles R. Weibe, master of the steam tug Edgar F. Coney, on behalf of himself, the crew, and owners of the steam tug Coney, files his libel claiming salvage from the Austrian steamship Fucia. The claimants in their answer deny that the service rendered was a salvage service. The cause in due course was referred to a commissioner, and the testimony taken, covering many typewritten pages.
From this testimony it would appear that on Sunday morning, March 22, 1914, shortly after daylight the Austrian steamship Fucia, while steaming very slow, went aground on a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- The BlackwallSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- Irvine v. the HesperSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
3Cited by3 opinions
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